From 0352894f9d42c2ee38ade9483d1c96d259087cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Fleschutz <markus@fleschutz.de>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:34:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added locate-ipaddress.ps1

---
 README.md                    |  1 +
 Scripts/locate-ipaddress.ps1 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 Scripts/locate-ipaddress.ps1

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d23f61e5..91b0b385 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The following PowerShell scripts can be found in the [Scripts/](Scripts/) subfol
 * [list-cmdlets.ps1](Scripts/list-cmdlets.ps1) - lists the PowerShell cmdlets
 * [list-modules.ps1](Scripts/list-modules.ps1) - lists the PowerShell modules
 * [list-processes.ps1](Scripts/list-processes.ps1) - lists the local computer processes
+* [locate-ipaddress.ps1](Scripts/locate-ipaddress.ps1) - locates the geographic position of the given IP address
 * [MD5.ps1](Scripts/MD5.ps1) - prints the MD5 checksum of the given file
 * [make-install.ps1](Scripts/make-install.ps1) - installs built executables and libs to the installation directory
 * [moon.ps1](Scripts/moon.ps1) - prints the current moon phase
diff --git a/Scripts/locate-ipaddress.ps1 b/Scripts/locate-ipaddress.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..51255ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/locate-ipaddress.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+
+# Syntax:	./locate-ipaddress.ps1 [<IPaddress>]
+# Description:	locates the geographic position of the given IP address
+# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
+# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+# License:	CC0
+ 
+param([string]$IPaddr)
+if ($IPaddr -eq "" ) {
+	$URL = read-host "Enter IP address to locate"
+}
+
+try {
+	$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "http://ip-api.com/json/$IPaddr"
+	write-host $result
+	exit 0
+} catch {
+	Write-Error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}